he homicide of a boy who was lower down close to his entrance door by a gaggle of youths on a gang ride-out was “glorified” in a video set to drill rap, a courtroom has heard.
Bubacar Jabbie Dukureh, 17, who was often called Buba, was strolling again to his residence in Walthamstow, east London, when he was attacked by 5 teenagers on the night of October 23 2020, the Old Bailey heard.
Buba, who was alone, was stabbed to via the chest and collapsed in his entrance backyard in a pool of blood.
A resident of Westbury Highway raised the alarm and police and medics arrived however Buba couldn’t be saved and he was pronounced lifeless at 9.57pm, jurors had been instructed.
Jurors had been instructed a “painstaking” investigation uncovered an enormous amount of CCTV protecting the time across the killing.
Prosecutor James Dawes KC stated the footage uncovered a hostile group of 5 youths, two on bicycles and three on foot.
Samuel Bartley, 19, Jamal Dakissaga-Benitez, 19, Alfie Ferguson, 19, and Kaiyan Decordova, 20, had been among the many group.
They had been convicted of murdering Buba following a trial on the Previous Bailey earlier this yr, the courtroom was instructed.
A young person, who was 15 on the time and now aged 17, is alleged to have been the fifth member of the group and is on trial for homicide.
He was not a part of the sooner trial as a result of he was overseas and solely returned to the UK per week earlier than it began, Mr Dawes stated.
He instructed jurors: “There’s a phrase/phrase which you’ll hear on this case is – a ride-out – it means a gang journey to a different gang’s space.
“Such a visit is harmful, that is a part of the attraction, and weapons had been carried on this ride-out.”
Mr Dawes stated ride-outs may very well be for retribution, to actual revenge for one thing or to determine dominance over an space.
He went on: “It’s the prosecution case that the attacking group had been on a ride-out to an space managed by rival gangs. They rigorously ready for this ride-out upfront.”
Mr Dawes stated attackers had been related to the Higham Hill or Priory Court docket Boys gang which was in rivalry with neighbouring gangs known as Drive Marlowe, and St James or the Mali Boys.
“It’s the Crown’s case Buba had the looks for them of a Mali Boy and that was adequate to get him killed,” the prosecutor stated.
Jurors had been performed a video clip set to a drill rap which was discovered on the telephone belonging to the defendant Ferguson and targeted on the sufferer’s handle.
Mr Dawes stated the video of February final yr seemed to be “glorifying” the homicide and was supposed to be uploaded to the web.
He instructed jurors: “The journey was a rigorously deliberate ride-out to invade a rival gang territory to impress and if vital, confront rivals.
The defendant, who can’t be recognized due to his age, denies homicide and the trial continues.
